Bledisloe Cup: Michael Cheika backs Kurtley Beale in midfield

Wallaby coach Michael Cheika has selected a new centre pairing for the Rugby Championship opener. Kurtley Beale and Samu Kerevi will team up for the first time when they take on the Allblacks on Saturday. Beale will make his first start for the Wallabies, since the World Cup Final in 2015.

Curtis-Rona will make his Wallabies debut, starting as a winger in place of Dane Haylett-Petty who was ruled out on Thursday with a bicep injury.